Video games, crime and next-gen deviance : reorienting the debate /: reorienting the debate. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Craig Kelly, Adam Lynes, Kevin Hoffin.
• Editors: Kelly, Craig; Lynes, Adam; Hoffin, Kevin
• Contents: Chapter 1.Introduction; Craig Kelly, Adam Lynes and Kevin Hoffin Chapter 2. Social Scientists as the Architects of their own Defeat in the Study of Video Games; Max Hart Chapter 3. A chronology of video game deviance; Kevin Hoffin and Elaine DeVos Chapter 4. Death by Swat: The Three Elements of Swatting; John Bahadur Lamb Chapter 5. Addiction, gambling and Gaming: Chasing the Digital Dragon; Melindy Brown and Saabirah Osman Chapter 6. The democratisation of white-collar criminality in video games; Craig Kelly and Adam Lynes Chapter 7. Representation of LGBTQ Communities in the Grand Theft Auto Series; Ben Colliver Chapter 8. The Normalisation of Sexual Deviance and Sexual Violence in Video Games; Kevin Hoffin and Geraldine Lee-Treweek Chapter 9. 'Gaming the System?' The Merits, Myth and Realities in Understanding Prison Architect: Security, Rehabilitation and Violence as Represented in the World's Bestselling Carceral Video Game; James Treadwell Chapter 10. Conclusion; Craig Kelly, Adam Lynes and Kevin Hoffin.
• Publisher Details: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 794.8; Violence in video games; Video games -- Social aspects; Video games -- Psychological aspects; Video games -- Moral and ethical aspects; Deviant behavior
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781838674496; 9781838674472
• Related ISBNs: 9781838674502
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